Dzelarhons: Mythology of the Northwest Coast

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pp. 160, “”When I was eight or nine – or maybe ten or eleven – I don’t remember for sure now, Klopinum would share her stories with me.”

And thus it begins, the long-awaited successor to Anne Cameron’s ground-breaking Daughters of Copper Woman. Magic in many incarnations – mischievous, terrifying, benevolent, erotic-suffuses the pages of this extraordinary collection, from the humourous tales of the trickster Raven through the feminist fable of the bearded woman to the myth of the lazy boy who was reared by whales and saved the world, climaxing with the epic story of the mythical superwoman Dzelarhons – First Mother, Frog Mother, Weeping Woman, guardian and teacher of her people.”

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Book Information

ISBN 0920080898
ISBN13 9780920080894
Number of pages 160
Original Title Dzelarhons: Mythology of the Northwest Coast
Published Date 1986
Book Condition Very Good
Jacket Condition No dustjacket
Binding Paperback
Size 8vo
Place of Publication Madeira Park, British COlumbia
Inscription pale green spine
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pp. 160, “”When I was eight or nine – or maybe ten or eleven – I don’t remember for sure now, Klopinum would share her stories with me.”

And thus it begins, the long-awaited successor to Anne Cameron’s ground-breaking Daughters of Copper Woman. Magic in many incarnations – mischievous, terrifying, benevolent, erotic-suffuses the pages of this extraordinary collection, from the humourous tales of the trickster Raven through the feminist fable of the bearded woman to the myth of the lazy boy who was reared by whales and saved the world, climaxing with the epic story of the mythical superwoman Dzelarhons – First Mother, Frog Mother, Weeping Woman, guardian and teacher of her people.”

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Weight 1 kg